Thompson Creek Metals Co. is US$420-million better off than it was at this time last week, which will help it fund the construction of its Mt. Milligan copper-gold operation. In the long term, it may be even better off

Mulling over the term tangible equity units isn’t the normal way to start a new work week. But that was the challenge Monday when Denver-based Canadian mining company Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. announced it would try to raise $400-million in capital

The recent pullback that saw stocks move into bear market territory surely has many value investors starting to hunt for bargains. However, objective measures of valuation are particularly important these days for those who want to avoid potential traps, according to Myles Zyblock, chief institutional strategist at RBC Capital Markets.

With aluminum, molybdenum and zinc expected to catch up to other metals in 2011, shares of Thompson Creek Metals Co., Alcoa Inc. and Teck Resources Ltd. should outperform the sector, according to Desjardins Securities analyst John Redstone. He pointed out that Thompson Creek will likely expand molybdenum production by about 8% in 2011 and make […]

When it comes to finding the upside to a worldwide fresh water shortage, molybdenum does not immediately come to mind. Yet it may be one of the most critical metals involved in the construction of desalination plants, which are becoming a popular technology used to churn out drinkable water. Essentially, desalination plants need a special […]